CEO's Dumb Bride

Chapter 73 Bitterness and Desolation

Chapter 73 Bitterness and Desolation

It was the same taxi from earlier, and Lilian helped Fabiana carry her things and put them in the trunk. Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Fabiana didn't have much stuff, and all those moldy blankets and tattered clothes were no longer usable.

But Fabiana couldn't bear to throw them away. After years of wandering, she was too afraid of poverty.

She was afraid that if she was kicked out again, she wouldn't even have clothes to wear.

Lilian could understand Fabiana's feelings, so she packed up Fabiana's things and brought them back to the villa, placing them in the utility room.

Perhaps due to her recent illness, as soon as Lilian finished arranging the things, she suddenly felt dizzy and lost control of her body, falling straight to the ground.

Fabiana, who had just come out after changing clothes, immediately dropped her cane and rushed over. "Lily!"

Lilian was helped up, her head hurting from the fall. After resting for a long while, she slowly opened her eyes.

"What's wrong with you?" Fabiana asked, relieved to see her awake. "How did you faint out of nowhere?"

Lilian gestured with her hand, "It might be anemia."

She had just had an abortion and then fell ill, so anemia was normal.

"Hey, don't worry about anything else. Go rest. I will make you some chicken soup."

Fabiana supported her and led her to the sofa. Lilian looked at the caring person in front of her, and a long-lost smile appeared on her face, coming from the depths of her heart.

Fabiana had washed her face and still looked so kind and friendly, giving Lilian a great sense of comfort and warmth.

While Fabiana went to make chicken soup, Lilian took out her phone to check WhatsApp. Courtney still hadn't replied to her message.

She looked at the shopping bag beside her, inside of which was a new phone of the same model.

Lilian took out the phone, transferred the SIM card to the new phone, put the old phone in a box, and placed it in a drawer under the coffee table.

Opening the drawer, she saw that the divorce agreement was still lying there quietly, just like before.

Lilian stared at the words on the divorce agreement and remained silent for a moment before closing the drawer again.

She sent a message to Courtney using the new phone and tried calling Courtney.

Courtney had been getting drunk for the past few days, so her speech was slurred when she answered the phone. She didn't even know who was calling.

"What do you want? Are you guys done yet?"

Courtney's shout left Lilian stunned, and Lilian could only remain silent while holding the phone.

Courtney also realized something and opened her eyes, looking at the screen of her phone. Her expression eased slightly.

"Oh, it's you. Sorry, I've been getting calls from a bunch of people lately. A bunch of haters tell me to turn myself in, some scolding me, and some laughing at me."

As Courtney spoke, she laughed a few times, her laughter filled with bitterness.

"Only when you are down can you tell how hypocritical the people around you are, ha-ha!"

Listening to Courtney, Lilian felt like her heart had been stabbed by a needle, but she couldn't say anything, nor could she comfort Courtney.

Courtney muttered to herself, "Those people usually disguise themselves so well. Now I feel disgusted just listening to them. Compared to them, I even find Francis more likable. Isn't it ridiculous?"

Compared to those people with hidden agendas, at least Francis was straightforward about his feelings.

Courtney thought that in these past years, she had lived too comfortably, thinking that she had met a lot of people and could easily see through good and bad people.

"Now I know, besides good and bad people, there are also monsters, all kinds of monsters."

"You know what? A few nights ago, I was walking on the road when suddenly a group of people appeared. They threw stones at me and took pictures of me. They did things that were completely opposite to justice under the guise of righteousness. Before that..."

Courtney paused. "I just got off the phone with the person who claimed to be my best friend."

Lilian listened quietly. Courtney's voice was hoarse, no longer filled with the carefree and unruly spirit from before, nor the untamed arrogance.

Only bitterness and desolation remained.

She was not only sad because she had caused the deaths of so many people, but also because of the betrayal of her former friends.